Tissue
intestinal mucosa
in·tes·ti·nal mu·co·sa
Subclass of:
Mucous Membrane; Intestines
Definitions related to intestinal mucosa:
  • Innermost membrane of the four coats of the intestinal wall.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Lining of the INTESTINES, consisting of an inner EPITHELIUM, a middle LAMINA PROPRIA, and an outer MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. In the SMALL INTESTINE, the mucosa is characterized by a series of folds and abundance of absorptive cells (ENTEROCYTES) with MICROVILLI.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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